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Shermann

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1. Russia could really use this as leverage

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 03:33 PM

Aug 2023

You arm Ukraine, we arm North Korea!

These aren't equivalent, but we have provided offensive weapons. They would need to admit to this to use it as a negotiating tactic, which they haven't done. So, I'm not sure what Russia's long game is.

Proxy nuclear wars are bad, mkay?

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